An Incredible Blog

My site was recently visited by a promising young journalist named Eitan. The son of refusenik parents, he's studying journalism at Tel Aviv (though how he survives there is a good question). I highly recommend his blog, Hear Oh Israel.

(Hatshepsut, for your reference.)

Jews are still stupid...

So the government passed its bill of expulsion....It turns out that Sharon is giving the Palestinians, on a platter, more of Eretz Yisrael than Barak did (sic!). Barak, in return for full peace wanted to hold on to 9-10% of Yesha. Sharon is handing over 94% without receiving anything in return! Yes, folks, you read it hear. Sharon, the George III of contemporary Israel, has unilaterally decided: 1) what the borders of Israel should be 2) Ignored Democratic process 3) Unilaterally exposed Israel to future demands on the remaining parts of Eretz Yisrael 4) Condemned over 175,000 Jews to expulsion. That's more than the number expelled from England (1290) and France (1306, 1394) combined.

Stunningly, not only is most of the country quiet- some are even cheering. No, I'm not referring to the Arabs. The idiots in Tel Aviv who know no history, read no books (except those written by their friends) and know no Arabs, think this is great.

...Until the Kassams fall on Sheinkin. Then they"ll say: 'What happened?'

Don't Bother Me with Facts...

While Israel is making 'Peace' with its Palestinian Muslim neighbors, the Islamic bus keeps on chugging along preaching the exact same message it's maintained since 622, the year of the hijra.

Haaretz (of all places) reports today that the Saudi government is distributing a guide to visiting infidel countries, in this case the United States. There is really nothing new in this guide-if you are familiar with Islam. Typically, though, Haaretz is surprised (as are the Americans, for that matter).

Some gems:

...the Muslim believer avoid friendships with the infidels, be careful not to imitate their customs (e.g. not to wear a cap and gown at a graduation ceremony), and try not to remain in the country any longer than required. The Saudis feel that a good Muslim can stay in America only for two reasons: acquiring knowledge and capital to promote the objectives of jihad, and lobbying the infidels to accept Islam.

The main message of the material examined in the study is one of hatred toward any non-Muslim. "[I]t is basic Islam to believe that everyone who does not embrace Islam is an unbeliever, and must be called an unbeliever, and that they are enemies to Allah, his Prophet and believers," one handout distributed at a San Diego mosque said. Another document, found in the Great Mosque in Washington, D.C., explains to Muslims that they must keep their distance from non-believers: "To be disassociated from the infidels is to hate them for their religion, to leave them, never to rely on them for support, not to admire them, to be on one's guard against them, never to imitate them, and to always oppose them in every way according to Islamic law." A book was distributed in another mosque containing questions and answers on matters of religion. Regarding whether it is permitted to curse Christians and Jews, the author answers it is not only permitted, but also obligatory.

A fourth-grade textbook written in Saudi Arabia that was handed out at a New Jersey mosque states that Israel is "a thorn in the back of the Muslim nations, and a window through which colonialism can sneak up among the ranks of the Muslims to work on dividing them, and light the fire of hatred between them." The book explains to pupils that "the Muslims will not rest until they cut off this disease, and purify the land of Palestine from the plague of Zionism."

Some will dismiss this as 'merely' Wahabbism. What they forget is that Wahabbism is "merely" a more focused form of Islam They also forget that Wahbbism is the leading form of Islam today, especially among Palestinians.

Back in the USSR

I think that any student of totalitarian regimes will find the Israeli plunge into the abyss most enlightening.

Let's review the facts.

1) Democracy is Government by the People- The Likud (not Sharon) was elected on a specific platform that did not include the unilateral withdrawal from anywhere. The Likud rejected that position in a plebiscite. Sharon rejected the voters. He knows better. Hence, he bulldozed democracy and pushed through the retreat.

2) Democracy guarantees freedom of Speech- According to a new law going through the Knesset, passive resistance to the retreat from Gaza is punishable by jail. Anyone who opposes Sharon/Peres is delegitimized as a potential murderer of ministers or of Sharon, himself. Anyone yelling at a minister will soon be incarercerated in Administrative detention. I wish I could plead with all the hotheads not to give the thought police ammunition to further delegitimize themselves and us. The Pravda/Izvestia reporters at Haaretz and ITV are just waiting for you. Don't act out!

3) Democracy Can Self-Destruct- The USSR and PRC were both legal governments that were elected (once) and from then on knew better than the people what the people needed.

I've been a Likud member for many years. Next week, I'm resigning.

I've been a Zionist all my life. Now, I don't know why I bothered.

I"ve been an Israeli for many years. For the first time in those many years I realize that in the game called Democracy, the United States of America wins, hands down. Israel, in its suicidal march of folly, wouldn't know democracy if it fell on it.

Musings

There's an old saying that one is supposed to do everything you possibly can to achieve your goals, only to teach that effort (hishtadlus) really makes no (or, at least, very little) difference. Ultimately, it's all up to God.

I"ve been mulling that saying over and over again all week, unable to write-vacillating between tears and anger and back to tears. The settlers of Gush Qatif are doomed. Their lives will be bombed, while their fellow Jews shrug it off as- sometimes you need to move. (Of course, noone ever asked them to move!)

The same fate of expulsion and rebuilding is probably awaiting tens of thousands of others, as Israel surrenders to the Palestinians. This time, as opposed to Oslo, the Arabs have learned their lesson. Shut up, act nice and let the Jews buckle under. Behave while they destroy their synagogues, strip their national identity of meaning, beat up other Jews and jail those who dissent. There will be plenty of time to return to the sword and finally return all Falastin to to the Dar al Islam.

Allahu Akbar! The Jews are finally learning to return to their natural state as weak-kneed, pliant dhimmi. Cassandra-like, those who cry to the Jews to open their eyes tell the truth but are dismissed as raving lunatics.

Forgive us, Father! We must have sinned grievously in Your sight. Otherwise, why do You visit such a decree, such a gezera, upon us?

Don't Believe it.....

So they declared that the war was over....You think we should believe them? Not for a nano-second! Did they suddenly re-educate the Palestinians? Did Abbas suddenly stop denying the Shoah? The whole thing is a fraud. No one turns colors overnight that way (except for Sharon). They'll be quiet until we run 8,000 Jews out of their homes. When the Qassams start flying again we'll look in the mirror and ask: "What happened?'

I swear. Jews are the stupidest, most gullible people on earth!